Machine for reeling wire



W. B. HAYDEN. 2Sheets-Sheet 1. Machine for Reeling Wire.

No. 231,571. Patehted Aug. 24,1880.

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Machine for Reeling Wire.

No.-23I,57I.

Patented Aug. 24, 1880.

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".PEYERS, PHOTOJ-ITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, OF COLUMBUS,

OHIO.

MACHINE FOR REELING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,571, dated August 24, 1880. Application filed May 2, 1879.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Reeling Wire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for reeling wire rapidly by steam-power; and it has for its object the automatic engaging and holding the end of a wire as fed to the machine, reeling the wire into a coil, and automatically discharging said coil when completed.

To this end the invention consists- First, in the combination, in an apparatus for reeling wire, of a rotating disk carrying an annular series of reel-pins projecting from one of its flat faces, a pin arranged and independently supported within and nearly contiguous to said seriesof reel-pins and eccentrically to the axis of said disk, and a suitable abutment located at a distance from the reelpins not less than the thickness of a coil of wire proposed to be reeled upon said pins, the pin which is within said series of reel-pins being preferably located. at a distance therefrom less than the distance between the pins of the series. When the end of the wire is fed across said abutment and inner pin one of the pins of the rotating disk will strike the wire and bend it between said abutment and inner pin, forming a book, which will carried around therewith, drawing after it the wire and reeling it upon the annular series of pins, from which it may be removed when a coil of proper size is completed. the pin upon which the wire is hooked but a short distance within the series of reel-pins I render the apparatus capable of continuous operation at a high rate of speed-that is, the speed of the machine while discharging a coil or engaging the wire to form a new coil, as the short length of wire necessary to form the hook can be easily fed across the outer abutment and the inner pin, and athwart the pathof the reel-pin, in a less time than is required for a reel-pin to pass a given point.

Second, in the combination, with the rotat- 1 ing pin disk, the

be engaged' and retained by the pin which formed it, and

By locating need not be checked perforated disk, and a spring for separating said disks, of a sleeve attached to the pin-disk, mounted on its rotating shaft, and provided with an open peripheral spiral groove, and a pin moving on a fixed support and adapted to be projected into said spiral groove and serve as a bearing for the wall thereof, and also to escape from the open rear end of said groove and stand in the rear of the sleeve as a bearing or support to maintain the pin-disk, with its pins projected through the apertures of the perforated disk. The pin is connected with a treadle, by means of which it may be withdrawn from the rear of the sleeve, and then the spring will throw the pindisk away from the perforated disk, withdrawing the pins from the coil of wire. When the pin is again projected toward the sleeve it strikes in the spiral groove, the screw-like action of which forces the pin-disk forward with its pins projected through the perforated disk and in position to receive the wire, as hereinafter particularly described.

Third, in the combination, with the rotating disk carrying an annular series of pins and the rotating perforated disk, of a weighted disk loosely mounted on the same shaft therewith in front of said perforated disk, and provided with a pin adapted to stand across the path of the end of the wire when inserted in the apparatus, and cause it to be bent around and hooked upon one of the pins on the rotating disk.

Fourth, in the combination, with the rotating disk carrying a series of pins, the perforated disk, and the stationary or oscillating disk and its pin, of an annular shield provided with an opening through which the wire may be fed, the upper edge of said opening forming an abutment which operates, in conjunction with the rotating and stationary pin, to form a hook at the end of the wire.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure. I represents a side perspective view of my improved apparatus. Fig. II represents a front perspective View thereof; Fig. III, a horizontal section on line 00 :0, Fig. II, and Fig. IVa vertical section on the line 3 y of Fig. II.

The letter A indicates a rotating disk feathered upon a rotating shaft, B, and capable of a longitudinal movement thereon. Said disk l is provided on its front face with a series of horizontally-projecting pins, 0.

The letter D indicates another disk, which fits upon the shaft B, and is provided with a series of apertures corresponding in number and position with the pins on the rotating disk A. Said perforated disk sets upon the said pins on the rotating disk, so as to be rotated with it.

The letter E designates a loosely-mounted weighted disk located within a circular recess in the face of the perforated disk and held nearly stationary in position by means of a segmental weight, F. Said disk is provided with a pin, G, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

Surrounding the perforated disk, but disconnected from the same, is an annular shield, H, which serves to protect the workman from injury. Through said shield, at one side of the apparatus,is formed an opening, I, through which the wire is delivered to said apparatus.

The pin on the stationary or very slightly oscillating disk is so located as to fall, when in a normal position, about in a horizontal line with the upper edge of the opening in the shield, so that when the end of a wire is inserted through said opening and is carried upward by one of the rotating pins its free end will be caught'by said pin on the disk E and bent into the form of a hook around the rotating pin, the upper edge in the opening in the shield forming an abutment to hold the wire while the hook is being formed.

It will be observed that the pin G projects from the disk E at a point quite near the periphery of the latter, and thus is located at a distance from the reel-pins less than theirdistance from each other, so that but a short length of wire is required to form the hook, and this short length can be readily inserted through the aperture 1 and under a pin, G, after one reel-pln has been passed and before another is even with said pin G, even when the reel is driven at a high rate of speed. No checking of speed, therefore, is necessary to enable a new hook to be formed for commencing a new coil.

The shield is mounted upon suitable supports or legs K, and from the opening in the said shield extends a trough, L, to the finishing-rolls or other source from which the wire to be coiled is delivered.

The rotating disk A is provided with a sleeve or hub, M, in which is formed a spiral cam-groove, N, in which operates the pin 0 on the end of a rod, P, the lower end of which is attached to a foot-lever, R, fulerumed at S, and extending forward under the apparatus, so that the forward end will be under the control of the workman. Said lever is kept in a normal position by means of a spring, '1. The object of the said pin 0 is to throw the rotating plate A forward and compress the spring U while the wire is being reeled.

The spring U is'located between the pindisk and perforated disk to shift the said pindisk to release the finished coil when the pin 0 is withdrawn by the lever.

The letter 1" represents an arm fulcrumed between two horizontal projections, 19, at the foot of the lower edge of the shield. Said arm is provided with a weight, 1), at its lower end, which holds'the arm in a vertical position in the path of apin,f, on the weight F, to hold the same in position, the lever I? being thrown outward to permit the removal of the coil of wire.

The operation of my invention is as follows The wire to be coiled is automatically passed into the opening in the shield through the trough leading to the same from the rolls of a rolling-mill. When sufiiciently inserted it is caught by one of the pins on the rotating pindisk. By this it is carried upward until its free end is engaged by the pin on the weighted disk, which causes it to bend around the pin on the rotating disk, as shown. The hook thus formed secures the wire to the pin, and it is wound around the remaining pins, as the disk revolves, and formed into a coil. When completed, in order to deliver the coil from the pins the workman depresses the foot-lever, withdrawing the pin 0 from the rear of the hub or sleeve M, and then the spring throws the rotating pin-disk and its pins back from the perforated disk and trees the coil, which is removed by the workman. When the footlever is permitted to rise the pin 0 enters the groove N, and as the pin-disk and the sleeve or hub M rotate, the screw-like action of the groove forces the said pin-disk back again toward the perforated disk, with its pins projecting through the apertures therein in position to receive another coil of wire, and the pin 0, escaping from the rear open end of the spiral groove, then stands against the rear edge of the sleeve, and serves as a bearing to hold said sleeve and the pin-disk in proper position.

I am aware that before my invention wirereeling machines have been provided with disks carrying annular series of reeling-pins and central projections intended to hold the end of the wire while it is being bent into the form of a book by one of the reeling-pins; but owing to the central position of said projections and their distance from the reeling-pins, such a length of wire must be fed across the path of the said reeling-pins so as to cause a hook ot' inconvenient length to be formed, and the wire to occupy such a time in its passage to said central projection as to render necessary a complete stoppage ot' the machine in some cases, and a considerable checking of its speed in others, thus involving a great loss of time, while, as has already been shown, no stoppage of the machine or checking of its speed is necessary in using my invention.

\Vhat I claim is-- 1. The combination, in an apparatus for reeling wire, of a rotating disk carrying an annular series of reel-pins projecting from one of its flat faces, a pin arranged and independently supported Within and nearly contiguous to said series of reel-pins and eccentrically to the axis of said disk, and a suitable abutment arranged without said series of reel-pins, substantially as described, whereby the apparatus is rendered capable of continuous operation without change of speed to enable engagement of a new Wire.

2. In combination With the rotating disk carrying a series of pins, the perforated disk, and a'separatingspring, the hub on said pindisk having a cam-groove, a pin adapted to engage said groove, and a suitable device for operating said. pin, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with the rotating disk carrying a series of pins and the rotating perforated disk, aweighted disk loosely mounted on the same shaft therewith and provided with a pin adapted to engage the end of the wire when inserted in the apparatus and bend it around one of the pins on the rotating disk, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the rotating disk carrying a series of pins, the perforated disk, and the loosely-mounted weighted disk and its pin, a shield provided with an opening through which the Wire may be fed, the wall of said opening forming an abutment which operates, in conjunction with the rotating and stationary pins, to form a hook on the Wire, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN.

Witnesses E. P. HAYDEN, G. I). MARTIN. 

